This is a new one. There is no board game review here. Just my thoughts on WALLZAP. A Magnetic display kit, so that you can place your board games on the wall to display them. Not quite sure what I am on about? Well, read on!
WALLZAP is a company that makes magnetic wall display kits for board games, and all sorts of other things, actually. They reached out to me a few weeks back and offered me a free kit to see what my thoughts were. So, fair warning, this was not something I purchased with my own money. But I will endeavour to give you my honest opinion, as always, about this product.
First up, how easy is it to put these things up? Well, I am useless with DIY and it took me less than 30 minutes. I did not find the instructions to be overly clear, and it is the new QR code, scan here for a digital copy, which annoys me. I like a physical copy. But I managed to grasp the concept fairly simply enough. The process is actually very easy. It is just the instructions make it look less so. Here is how I did it.
First, find the spot where you want to display your game. Place the round magnet in this spot, do some measurements, or just wing it like me. Then mark scratches in the holes so you know where to drill.
Second, drill holes in the spaces you just marked. I used raw plugs to secure it. These were not provided, but I felt it best considering the weight of the games.
Next, place the magnet back over the holes, after a quick vacuum and dusting! Then screw in the two screws into the holes. Make sure it is tight and without any movement when done.
Now, choose your game to display. You will stick something into the box, so you need to be fairly sure of your choice. But I do think you could just change the box lid (placing any lid over this chosen box) if you pick a uniform box size. Hence my choice of Wingspan. So, pick your game wisely, and unpack the whole thing.
In your kit, you will find four clear plastic edges. Open them up like an envelope and slide them over the corner of this square magnet. The other side of the plastic edge is sticky, so watch your fingers. Now, carefully place this into the centre of the empty box base. Press down firmly for 30 seconds, or until you get bored.
Now, repack the game, and place these little magnets on the sides of both the inside of the box lid and the inside of the box itself. The instructions talk about all sorts of overly complex measurements to get this just right, but I simply popped them into place and placed the lid over the top. You can see they are a bit wonky, but you wont see these, and they work just fine like this. The lid now snaps shut and cannot slide off when vertical.
Now, simply place the game onto the round magnet you screwed into the wall. It pops into place and holds firm. The magnets are very strong and there is a weight limit 2KG with this basic kit. The deluxe kit holds 3kg. For reference, Wingspan, fully boxed up (no expansion content inside), including the magnets now weighs 2.8KG but it seems to be holding fine! (I hope)
When up, it looks like this. Cool huh!
I am a little disappointed this product is not more transferable to other products. The base is now stuck pretty firmly to the bottom of Wingspan. Like I said, I could simply change the box lid from any other game with the same box size, and I will probably do that from time to time. But it would be nice if this was more transferable.
For the price, the product is very good and sturdy, and seems to be working fine, despite my slap-dash approach to the install and from me ignoring the weight restrictions. So, that part is all good. But for the price, I would like more flexibility.
You can get this if you want, but it is a second product, and again, it is not cheap. You can check that out here.
But if you want to display your games on the wall like this, I see no better product out there. This is easy to install, holds firm, and with the inside magnets, keeps the lid nice and secure. I think it looks great, and one more game on the wall means one more on the shelf, right?
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